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REGISTRY CHART. (Application led May 1B, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN P. BEARDALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REGISTRY-CHART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,655, dated November 8, 1898.

Application filed May 18,1898. Serial No. 681,048, (No model.)

will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to registry-charts or i keyboards for use by real-estate agents in order to properly classify and arrange the property under their control; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is adapted to be used in connection with city, county, or State maps showing the location or position of said property.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure l is a front view of my improved registry-chart or keyboard, and Fig. 2 a side view thereof.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawings, I provide aregistry-chart or keyboard 5, which is preferably divided centrally by a vertical line @,and at the top thereof is placed the name of the real-estate agent or irm. The spaces formed by the vertical line 6 contain certain headings relating brieiy to the real estate under the control of the agent or firm, and these headings, as shown in the drawings, are substantially as follows, referring to the left-hand space: The left-hand space is provided at the top thereof with the heading For sale-houses, lots, farms, &c., and underneath this are placed the separate headings Brick houses, Frame houses, Lots and plots, Exchanges, and Farmhouses and others, and the right-hand space is provided at the top with the heading To let-houses, stores, iioors, &c., and underneath this is the separate heading Frame houses, (and this heading is preferably repeated,) and below the same are the headings Flats and floors, Miscellaneous, repairing wantedf and others. f' K Under the heading Brick houses i in the left-hand column are placed numerals representing the prices of the houses under this heading, and beneath these numerals are placed two rows of pins 7 and similar numerals and pins are placed under the heading Frame houses and under the heading Lots and plots and under the heading EX- chanffes, and under the heading Farms for sale is placed the number of acres contained in each lot or piece of ground, and beneath the heading Keys are also placed numerals from l to 200, and pins 7 are arranged under each of these headings the same as under the first, and similar arrangement is followed in the left-hand space, and at the bottom of the chart or keyboard is the heading Special bargains in real estate for sale, beneath which are placed numerals representing the wards in the city or town in which the agent is located.

Under the old system the records are kept in books containing the names of the owners and a description of the property, said names being arranged in alphabetical order, and these records often become confused; but under my im proved system I employ city,county, or State maps showing the location of all the property under the control of the agent, and the separate pieces of property are each designated on said charts or maps by a number, and a registry-book containing the names of the owners of the property is also kept, together with a corresponding number found on said maps or charts, and these numbers are arranged in numerical order, and opposite each number is placed the name of the owner of the particular piece of property to which the number refers. I also employ tags -or cards,on one side of which is placed said number, and a chart or diagram showing the exact location of the property, and on the other side of said tag or card is placed a description of the property and the terms relating thereto, including the price, and if a brick house is for sale the price of which is three thousand dollars the tag or card bearing the information referred to is suspended from the lefthand pin 7 in the upper row under the heading Brick houses. The name may readily be determined by referring to the record-book, said name being designated by the number found on the tag or card.

In the case of Special bargains7 in the separate wards of the city or town the card or tag is hung on the corresponding pin beneath IOO the number of the Ward, and the same system is followed in connection With all the headings found on the chart or keyboard.

It will be apparent that the headings on the chart or keyboard may be modified to suit any circumstances, and my improved chart or keyboard may be used in any and all localities, as will be readily understood.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A chart or keyboard for use by real-estate agents provided With a plurality of headings which designate the character of the property for sale or rent, and beneath which are placed numerals which represent the price thereof, or give other information, said chart or keyboard being also provided beneath said numerals with a row or rows of pins from which a card or tag may be suspended, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 16th day of May, 1898.

JOHN P. BEARDALL.

Witnesses:

M. A. KNoWLEs, F. A. STEWART. 

